Device for heating wheel-tires.



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(Application filed Aug. 31, 1 899.)

(No model.

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HENRY DE BARN JOHNSON,

PATENT or PIERMONT, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR HEATING, WHEEL=TIRES.

$PECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO..652,781, dated. July 3,1900. Application filed August 31, 1899- Serial No. 729,072. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY DE BARN J OHN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Piermont, in the county of Rockland and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forHeating Wheel-Tires, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for heating wheel-tires; and it hasfor its object to provide a simpleand improved apparatus or device ofthis character which will be especially adapted for convenient andeffective operation and for the employment of gasolene.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are desig: nated by the same letters of reference ineach of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of myimproved device. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View, and Fig. 3 is apartial plan view of a portion of Fig. 2. V

In the drawings forming part of this specification," A designates anannular trough or receptacle, which is preferably formed of metal, (itmay be a casting,) having a bottom I) and sides a c, the same forming,substantially, a ring with an open top, as at d, and being adapted toreceive the tires.

In the bottom of the trough A is mounted a main pipe E, which formsnearly a complete circle, as clearly shown in ;-Fig. 1, and

from the adjacent terminal ends of this pipe extend, respectively, twolateral branch pipes F, leading through the outer wall 0 of the trough.The main pipe E is intersected at different points within the trough bytransverse branch pipes G, which project at both sides of the pipe E andrespectively carry a series of segmental pipes H, having openings 72 intheir top, forming gas burners orjets. The branch pipes F are connectedat their outer ends by a cross-pipe I, which is intersected by a branchpipe J, leading to an oil-resen voir K, which is provided with asuitable inlet it, by which it may be filled with kerosene or other oil,and is also provided with a'suitable air-pump L for producing thedesired interior pressure, whereby the oil will be fed through thepipes. The cross-pipe I is provided with a cook or valve 1', and each ofthe lateral branch pipes F is likewise provided with a cock or valve f.I preferably provide a shelf or grating, as at M, Fig. 2, mounted withinthe trough or receptacle A above the set of pipes E, G, and H, uponwhich the tires can be placed, this shelf serving-to prevent damage tothe pipes by the tires.

It will be understood that in operation the tires to be heated areplaced within the receptacle A. The oil feeds under pressure to the mainpipeE and from thence through the branch pipes G to the pipes H. Instarting the apparatus in its initial operation the oil will flow intothe pipes H and be lighted at the jets h and in a short time theradiated heat will act upon the main pipe E and cause a generation ofgas therein, which will pass to the pipes, H, and thereafter oil willcease flowing to the pipes H, but they will be fed from the generatedgas.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. An improved device for heating wheeltires,comprising an annular or ring-shaped trough or receptacle, anapproximately-circular main pipe arranged therein and providedwithlateral branch pipes, segmental auxiliary pipes connected with saidlateral branch pipes and extending at both sides of the main pipe andprovided with gas jets or openings, an oil-reservoir, a pneumaticforcing device communicating therewith and a pipe connection betweensaid oil -re servoir and the main pipe, substantially as'shown anddescribed. A V

2. An improved device for heating wheeltires, comprising an annular orring-shaped trough or receptacle, an approximately-circular main pipearranged therein, a series of segmental auxiliarypipes extending at thesides of the main pipe and connected therewith and provided with gasjets or openings, and means for feeding oil to said mainpipe,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 28th day of August,1899.

HENRY DE BARN JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

AMANDA A. GOWDEY, CHARLES A. WEEKES.

